Tibet on the Net // Brad Pitt movie sparks interest in magical country

Chicago Sun-Times | October 12, 1997| | Copyright

So you think you've already seen and read everything about the new Brad Pitt movie. Want Tibet? The Internet is teeming with Tibetan sites. Unfortunately, the official Columbia TriStar site promoting the movie "Seven Years in Tibet" is thinly plotted, with little character development.

There was so much potential: Audio lessons on how to chant like a lama. The ability to morph Brad Pitt into the Dalai Lama and back again. But zen there are other politically motivated Tibetan sites.

In conjunction with the film, the Tibet Coalition of New York has planned a bunch of activities to draw ...

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